Apparatus for impressing stereotype-matrices with musical notes or other characters.



Patented Jan; 28, I902.

A. REVEILLE. APPARATUS FOR IMPRESSING STEREDJ'YPEMATRICES WITH MUSICAL NOTES OR OTHER CHARACTERS.

(Application filed 10, 1901.)

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A. REVEILL'E, APPARATUS FOR IMPB ESSING ST EREUTYPE MATRICES WITH MUSICAL NOTES on own CHARACTERS.

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ANDRE REVEILLE, or PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR o SOOIETE FRAN- oAIsE DU. MUSICOGRAPHE REVEILLF, socm'rn ANONYME,) or

PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR IMPRESSING STEREOTYPE-MATRICES WITH MUSICAL NOTES OR OTHER CHARACTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,971, dated January 28, 1902. Application filed May 1901. Serial No. 59,649- (No model.)

ample, so as to obtain impressions of uniform depth in sheets of asbestos cardboard or other suitable material, and, second, by the operation of slide rests or carriers disposed one above the other, so as to impart rectilinear or angular movements for bringing the sheet of asbestos into the desired position beneath the type at the precise point at whichthe.

type is to be impressed in the sheet of asbetos cardboard.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a part-sectional side elevation, Fig. 2 a front elevation, and Fig. 3 a part-sectional plan, of the machine. Fig. 4 shows separately in elevation a detail of the device for regulating the automaticadj ustment of the lower carrier. Fig. 5 shows separately and upon a larger scale an elevation, and Fig. 6 a plan, of parts of the intermediate and upper carriers provided with means for enabling a rapid transition to be made, without trial or adjustment, from one musical stafi to the other for the musical impression of the melody and its accompaniment. Fig. 7 shows separately, upon a larger scale, a face View of the wheel carrying the movable. types and the hammer for striking the same. Fig. 8 is a vertical section on line A B, Fig. 7. Fig. 9 shows separately in section a detail of the punch type-holder to be struck by the hammerfor the purpose of producing an intaglio impression of the type in the asbestos cardboard, as well as the device for stopping the wheel during the punching operation.

responding to each type.

- The same characters of reference denote like parts in the several figures.

-As shown in Fig. 8, the wheel a, which carries the type-holders b, is mounted as a cone upon a shaft 0, running on ball -bearings within a steel socket cl. This socket d, supported in the framing e, carries on one side a cam f and on the other side a bevel-pinion g. A toothed quadrant h gears with the pinion g, so that by operating the pedal i a forwardand-backward motion is communicated to the cam fthrough the link It. The cam f acts upon a roller Z, secured to the hammer m, sliding in a support it, fastened to the frame 6. This roller is continuously applied upon the edge of the cam f by means of a spring 0.

The hammer m pushes the type-holders b and carries them with it until it meets a stop 19, consisting of a steel plate screwed to the framing 6. When it is desired to vary the downward motion of the type-holders in order to obtain a print of greater or less depth in the sheet of asbestos cardboard, it is only necessary to use plates of varying thickness.

The wheel a carries a dial q, bearing notes and signs corresponding to the types carried by the type-holders b. Each type-holder, Figs. 8 and 9, is guided in a corresponding slot by a screw 0 and is retracted bya spring 8. The type-holders b are maintained in the wheel a by means of a plate 25. Each plate t has an opening t formed therein about centrally of the wid th of the type. A spring-bolt u, operated by a spring it, enters said holes and locks the wheel a. When the pedal 2' has raised again, the bolt 16 is Withdrawn from the holes, and the spring to is neutralized by the heel of a pawl 11, fast on the framing e. The bolt it carries a finger 10*, fast on its seat.

. The plate t carries a series of pawls a: cor- A pin y entering the notch of these pawls enables to make them either stationary or loose on their axes, I

according to the pin being introduced in or withdrawn from the notch of these pawls. A flat spring .2 looks the pins in the one or the other position, according as it is bent inwardly or outwardly. In order to adjust the carriers, which will be hereinafter described, the frame e carries a spindle 1, provided at its ends with two levers 2, connected by a stem 3, having a pin 4:, enabling the transverse carrier to secure the position of the character on the staff. Each of the levers 2 carries a pin 5, serving to adjust the position of the staves already punched in the asbestos cardboard relatively to the longitudinal axis of the carriers. The pins 5, supported by the arms 2, are designed to permit the piece of music to be placed exactly in position.

Let us suppose it is desired to impress a characterin intaglio. The corresponding stud is selected,on which pressure is applied by the finger in order to operate the spring ,2. The corresponding pawl m is then looked on its axis in virtue of the interlocking engagement of the pin y. If the wheel a is then 0perated by hand, the end of the pawl 09 bears against the end of the pawl '11, which yields in order to release the bolt to under the action of its spring u. The bolt then enters into the hole located before it to lock the wheel in that position. As regards the work of the pawls 00, each of these when the pin is sunk into has the purpose to limit the course of the Wheel when it will butt against the pawl c, which by means of this impact is disengaged from the pointed pin, which is thus set free and penetrates into the corresponding groove, (indicated by the letterf, Fig. 9.) The pin y being at the end of its stroke and at the time when the bolt u is released, the finger a pushes the pin y so as to bend the spring z inversely beyond the medium plane in order to finish to withdraw the pin y, and the pawl 00 is again released. If at that time the pedal 1; is acted upon, the hammer strikes its character and by raising again the link is releases the bolt u, and by compressing its spring u again enables a new operation to be effected. For this purpose a stop with inclined surface is is fast on the link It. The bolt u carries a lever u pivoted in the one direction and fixed in the other. When the stop is lowered, the lever u? oscillates about its axis and releasing the stop resumes its first position under the action of a counterweight. \Vhen the stop 70 rises, the lever 10 being locked, the inclined face draws the boltu to release the same from the hole and leaves it, the spring u being neutralized by the pawl 12, whose heel retains the bolt. As soon as the hammer has been raised again the pedal 71 on being released is retracted by its spring 71, and the type-holder resumes its starting position under the action of its retracting-spring. In this manner impressions in intaglio maybe very rapidly obtained upon a sheet of asbestos cardboard to serve as matrices for stereotyping purposes without any retouching being required, the impressions of the types obtained being all of equal depth.

The sheet of asbestos cardboard 6 which is to receive the impress of the type upon the musical staves which it bears is fixed by means of grippers 7, Figs. 3, 5, and 6, upon a table or slide-rest carrier 8, capable of sliding adjustment upon a carrier 9 and of being fixed in any position of the latter by a binding-screw 10. The carrier 9 is also capable of adjustment upon a carrier 11, carried by a revolving table 12,which is held fixed by a spring-bolt 13. The combination of slides or carriers is thus supported by the table 12, revoluble in frame 9. The carrier 11 slides on table 12, and upon said carrier 11 slides transversely the carrier 9, upon which slides the carrier 8, bearing the sheet of cardboard 6. The movement of carrier 8 upon carrier 9 is limited by stops 14E, fixed to carrier 9 and against which abuts a stop 15, adjustable along slot 16 in table Sand fixed adjustably in slot 16 by means of the bolt and nut 17, Figs. 5 and 6, to enable a quick and accurate transition from one musical staff to the other to be effected for the impression of the melody and its accompaniment. By raising grippers 7 and retaining them by a latch 18, Figs. 5 and 6, the sheet 6 may be readily changed.

The adjustment of the transverse carrier 9 is eifected as follows: In brackets 19, Figs. 1 and 3, fixed on carrier 11, are mounted two drums 20, around which passes a metal band 21, kept in tension by means of oppositelythrea-ded screw-rods 22, attached to the ends of the band and coupled by a right and left handed nut 23. The band 21 carries lugs 24, between which is engaged a lug 25 on the under side of the carrier 9, so that by swinging band-lever 26, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, fast on axis 27, the drums 20 will be rotated and the band 21 will carry the carrier 9 with it in its movement. The lever26 moves over a sector 28, having notches corresponding, respectively, to the intervals of the staff, and is locked by means of a spring-pressed latch-lever 26 26 engaging in the notch.

It is convenient that after a note has been impressed, as before explained, the lever 26 should return each time to its mid-position on the quadrant 28. For this purpose the sleevenut 23 is fitted to slide in guides 29 on table 11 and between which are mounted collars 30, loose on nut 23, a spring 31 beingconfined between said collars for pressing them against the guides. Upon the nut 23, in rear of collars 30, are fixed two sleeves 32, so that when the nut 23 is moved by the drums 20 one of the two collars will be moved in the same direction,whereby the spring 31 will be compressed and so maintained by the latch-bolt 26' being placed in a notch. WVhen the latch-bolt is disengaged, the spring 31 returns carrier 9 and hand-lever 26 to the mid-position. The table 12 is provided at its extremities with a pair of drums 33, Fig. 3, around which passes a metal band 34:, Whose tension is regulated in a similar manner to that before described, said band also acting by means of lugs upon table 11 in such manner that on turning hand- Wheel 35 said table 11 will be traversed along table 12.

In case of automatic regulation of the ratchet 36 the click 38, arranged loosely on the tube 37, is, conjointly with the rod 39, which carries a roller 40 in contact, by means of the action of spring 42, with the cam 41, supported by the lever 43, wedged upon the axis t in such a manner that while acting upon the pedal t the axis 2' turns and carries along in its oscillatory movement the lever 43, the cam 41 of which acts upon the rod 39 by means of the roller 40 and produces the oscillation of the cliek38, so as to cause the ratchet 36 to turn to a desired extent, regulated according to the position which the sector 44 occupies. Therefore it will be understood that if the sector 44 covers the ratchet for the whole course of the click 38 the latter will not exert any action upon the ratchet; but if, on the contrary, the sector 44 is placed so as to uncover one part of the ratchet during the course ot'the click the latter will engage with the teeth and will cause the ratchet to turn to a desired extent, corresponding to one or several teeth, according to the position given to the sector 44, which is operated by the lever 46. At each stroke of pedal the pawl 38 is moved over the face of the wheel 36 without acting upon the same during the impression of the type, and on the rise of pedal 5 the pawl drives wheel 36 through the rod 39, which is pushed back by the cam 41, and drives also drum 33, whereby its band 34 automatically shifts carrier 11. This movement of carrier 11 is regulated in the following manner: A quadrant 44, Figs. 3 and 4, masks the ratchet-wheel 36, said quadrant being fast upon a spindle 45, turned within the tubular shaft Why a hand-lever 46, Figs. 2 and 3, having a latch 47, which is engaged in the notches of the quadrant 48. .By adjusting lever 46 pawl 38 is allowed to advance wheel 36 to the extent of one or more teeth of the ratchet-wheel 36 or not to act on said wheel at all should the latter be masked throughout the whole stroke of the pawl by the quadrant 44. 1

Besides the individual rectilinear movements of the carriers the combination of carriers may receive an angular movement by the turn-table 12, said table being retained in the desired position by means of .the springpressed bolt 13 engaging in notches made in the turn-table spindle.

A graduated dial is fixed on framing e, over which dial moves an index 49, carried by table 12, for the purpose of regulating the angle of the carriers when it is desired to stamp or impress the bars or ligatures of the musical notes, and when the tails of the notes are re-' quired to be extended beyond the length of the type the carriers 9 and 11 are shifted to the desired position. i

It is obvious that the forms, sizes, details, and materials employed for the construction of my apparatus may Vary without departing from the principle of the presentinvention.

I claim- 1. An apparatus for impressing stereotypematrices comprising independently-movable type-holders b, hammers m for operating the type-holders, a pedal, a segment operated thereby, a pinion g and cam f operated by the segment, said cam and pinion being on a sleeve 01, a wheel (1 carried by the said sleeve, springpins 1 with which the wheel is provided, a series of pawls as on the wheel, push pins y to lock said pawls to the wheels, a spring-bolt u adapted to engage and hold the carrier and means for operating the said bolt from the pawls on the carrier, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the carrier-wheel having sliding type-holders 12 therein and sliding hammers, means for operating the hammers, a series of pawls on the carrier-wheel, pushpins controlling the pawls, a bolt arranged to be released by the pawls, said bolt having means for moving the push-pins back to inoperative position, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for impressing stereotype-matrices, a series of movable carriers 8, 9 and 11, a revolving table 12 carrying said carriers 8, 9 and 11, type-holders and hammers for operating the type-holders, substantially as described.

The foregoing specification of my improvements in apparatus for impressing stereotypematrices with musical notes or other characters signed by me this 25th day of April, 1901.

ANDRE REVEILLF]. V

. Witnesses:

NICOLAS NoToURTITz, MAURICE H. PIGUET. 

